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Lena Swander •
Chronic Disease Epidemiologist Position —
Hi all, I recently moved positions to the Wisconsin Cancer Reporting System...so, my old unit is hiring for a Chronic Disease Prevention Epidemiologist! The posting is joint with another epi position in the Tobacco Prevention and Control Program.
If you know anyone who might be a good fit for ei...
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Lena Swander •
Geospatial Applications in Epi Book Chapter —
Hi all, thought some CSTE LEAD members might know somebody who's a good fit for this opportunity I received through an APHA discussion board:
Dear Colleagues,
Greetings! I am working on a textbook, entitled "Statistical Approaches For Epidemiology", which will be published soon by Springer. The...
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Roza Tammer •
2023 CSTE conference —
Hi folks! Did anyone submit their LEAD project to the 2023 CSTE conference? I just got mine in under the wire today...
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Erica Smith •
Resources from Wolf and Heron —
Hi, I have been talking with Kara Davidson about free resources that are available to us even after LEAD and she said it would be fine for me to share them with everyone in case you weren't already aware.
They have free "story time" events on their website, and a newsletter that will also have i...
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Sarah Auer •
CSTE Sponsored Travelers Form due January 5 —
Good morning!
As a reminder, CSTE will offer limited sponsorship opportunities to attend the 2023 Annual Conference, June 25-29 in Salt Lake City, Utah. If you are interested in sponsored travel for the 2023 Conference, please complete the2023 CSTE Annual Conference Sponsorship Request Form by 1...
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Sarah Auer •
Thank you, Cohort 2! —
As we wrap up the 2022 CSTE LEAD program, I wanted to extend a huge THANK YOU to each and every one of you for your great work and commitment over the last 12 months. It has been terrific working with you and we greatly enjoyed learning about your experiences from the final presentations over the...
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Nicole Stone •
Conference Speakers--Specifically Health Equity focused —
My division is working on planning an Infectious Disease Summit for May 2023 (our third summit, 2017, then 2019). We are looking for a keynote speaker and are running into some road blocks for those that we previously identified. We are hoping to find someone who has a public health/health equity...
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Laura Newman •
Trust Building & Cultivating Resiliency —
Hi all - thanks to all of the final presenters these past few weeks, and for everyone's engagement in the chat.
Two weeks ago during my final presentation, I had a few requests for more information about trust building exercises and cultivating a culture of resiliency on a team. I supervise a te...
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Erica Smith •
Most impactful 1:1 coaching topics? —
I am trying to decide what to discuss in my final coaching session and am curious what everyone's most impactful discussion(s) with the coaches were? (You don't need to share the gory details especially if it was a personnel thing, but I'm curious about the overall themes)
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Amelia Salmanson •
Governance, Position Statements, & Informatics Summary —
Hi all,
Please see attached summary that I created for my mentees. It isn't anything official, but wanted to share with you to adapt and use, if helpful. If you have any feedback, please let me know. Jessica let's chat about CSTE formalizing and fluffing this up :)[Governance & Position Statemen...
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Sarah Auer •
Training Opportunities Thread —
Good morning!
I wanted to start a thread of upcoming training opportunities. Please feel free to comment below and add others. I will continue to add to this as trainings are announced.
Adaptive Leadership: Strategies for Public Health
December 5th from 12-1 PM ET
Register in advance for this...
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Sarah Auer •
Training Opportunity via Region IV Public Health Training Center —
"Holistic Leadership: Championing Wellness and Modeling Self-Care for Your Team"
Sharing a training opportunity on December 8th from 8:45 AM - 12: PM ET. This course is FREE. Register here.
This workshop will focus on helping public health leaders and managers develop the tools needed to success...
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Katrina Hansen •
Sharing training opportunities (legal learning cohort and public health policy innovation hub) —
Hi all, I wanted to share some other learning opportunities that you or others may be interested in.
Training Opportunity | 2023–2024 Legal Epidemiology Learning Cohort
Legal epidemiology is a scientific approach to tracking laws and policies of public health importance and studying their impact...
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Megan Wigginton •
Mentorship —
Describe any past or current mentor/mentee experience. What worked? What didn't? What tools and strategies will you incorporate as you serve as a mentor.
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Laura Fox •
Connecting with each other in 2023? —
Hey everyone!
It's been awhile, but it was great to see everyone's faces and reconnect with you all today. Since our cohort is wrapping up, I wanted to see if there was any interest in the group to continue connecting with each other in 2023. I would love to set up a quarterly networking meeting ...
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Sarah Auer •
Request: Data Webinar Series —
Good afternoon!
The Early Career Professionals Subcommittee is in the process of planning a data webinar series that will cover different types of software used in epidemiology and resources for professional development. We are looking for professionals in health departments who are interested i...
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Lena Swander •
Is anyone at APHA currently? —
If anyone is in Boston at APHA this week, would love to meet up and/or catch a session together! My cell is 218-348-1085. I'll also ping folks in the WhatsApp CSTE LEAD '22 thread.
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Sarah Auer •
Thank you for today's presentations! —
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend today's first round of final presentations and a big THANK YOU to our wonderful presenters! It was great to hear about your experiences and everything you've learned over the last 12 months.
As folks share experiences and feedback, some may be better ...
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Katrina Hansen •
Personal news/missed several LEAD calls recently —
Hi LEAD cohort-
I wanted to take a moment and share with all of you that I have struggled to join various LEAD meetings and keep up with basecamp chats due to a death in the family (my father passed away suddenly in October). I am well supported and doing ok -just trying to balance my professio...
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Sarah Auer •
Extending December 2nd and 13th meetings —
Good morning!
In an effort to allow transition time and time for Q&A during final presentations, we have extended the December 2nd and December 13th meetings to 90 minutes. This does not impact the November final presentation dates. We hope folks can join us for the entire duration but understan...
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Sarah Auer •
Support Team Contact Information —
Good morning!
We will be sending final evaluations shortly after Thanksgiving to each of you and your support teams. Please let me know if any of your support team members have changed (or their contact information has changed) so we may ensure the evaluation reaches them.
As a reminder, final ...
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Megan Wigginton •
Telling Your Story —
Create a 2 minute video of you telling your leadership story using the public narrative framework guidelines. Upload 2 minute leadership video below. Comment on at least 2 other videos on Basecamp. Provide encouragement, demonstrate empathy, or relate to your experience.
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Sarah Auer •
Tribal Epidemiology Presentation —
Thank you to everyone who was able to join today's Tribal Epidemiology presentation from Sujata Joshi and Joshua Smith at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board about the NativeDATA platform (which is back online at the linked webpage). The recording can be found here.
Sujata and Joshua...
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Sarah Auer •
Request for additional presenter on November 4th —
Good morning!
Thank you to everyone who has signed up for final presentations! We currently have 4 participants presenting on November 4th (Lisa, Elizabeth, Chloe and Dora) and 6 on all the other days. Would anyone be willing to volunteer to present on November 4th so we can make good use of all...
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Sarah Auer •
Final Presentation Sign Ups —
Hi all!
Thank you for a great journal club today! Please find the spreadsheet here for which day you are signed up for. The guidelines are posted below.
[LEAD Final Presentation Guidelines - 2022.docx]
Please feel free to reach out with any questions!
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Erica Smith •
Today's article? —
Hi everyone. I am scouring Basecamp but can't find the article for today's journal club anywhere. It's not in the journal club folder and as far as I can see on the Word checklist there's nothing labeled as for Journal Club. Maybe I am just blind.... Which article is it? Thanks and don't judge me...
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Sarah Auer •
Upcoming Opportunities —
Happy Friday!
Please find three opportunities below that may be of interest:
1. Host site applications are currently open for the CSTE Applied Public Health Informatics Fellowship.
APHIF is a 2-year training fellowship program for early career professionals in the fields of public health info...
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Sarah Auer •
Meeting Links for Final Presentations —
Hi all,
Thank you to everyone who has signed up for final presentations! If you have not yet signed up, please contact me ASAP.
We will be inviting your support teams and other public health partners to join the presentations and hear about all the great work you've done over the last 10 months...
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Sarah Auer •
Quick Guides from Erica Smith —
Good morning!
Erica Smith has shared 3 of the quick guides she made as part of her LEAD project. Please find them posted below. The topics include getting started in Excel, survey design and principles of data cleaning.
[Webinar 2 quick guide_Principles of Data Cleaning in Excel_final.pdf][Web...
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Sarah Auer •
Final Presentations FAQs —
Hi all,
Thank you for a great and productive call this afternoon! I wanted to follow up and answer some of the questions we got in the chat about the final presentations.
How long are final presentations?
Each presentation will be 10 minutes including Q&A (presentation slides are recommended but...
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Kelly Walblay •
Epi trainings —
Hi all! I just wanted to poll the group, what epi trainings or professional development have you purchased for your team that have been the most effective and worthwhile? We have some funds in our budget to purchase trainings and I want to use them wisely. The more specific, the better (e.g., if ...
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Megan Wigginton •
Public Health Politics 101 —
Using what you saw in the required testimony by Dr. Umair Shaw, Ready or Not: U.S. Public Health Infrastructure from 2.24.21: (watch only from 36:00 – 42:30 marks) and read the related press release , choose two questions to respond to in Basecamp. Also, select another post that answers one of t...
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Megan Wigginton •
Using Epi Data to Drive Policy —
The Data Elemental to Health Campaign was successful in advocating for resources to support epidemiology. In the era of COVID-19, how can public health partners like CSTE continue to advocate for public health needs to support the Data Modernization Initiative? What are key elements of messagin...
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Dora Dumont •
Power BI + databook? —
Hi everyone,
This is not directly related to LEAD, but I thought I'd tap into the collective brain power. I moved the immunization and PRAMS data to Power BI platforms a while ago, but one of the programs I work with also wants to continue its traditional data book in some capacity. I thought one...
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Sarah Auer •
Updates + Tribal Epidemiology —
Hi all,
Thank you for a great call on Tuesday! I wanted to provide some updates based on questions we heard during the discussion.
1. Individual coaching ends in December so please be sure to take advantage of this opportunity over the next few months.
2. Access to the Basecamp site will termina...
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Bernice Carr •
CSTE LEARN course access —
For some reason, this morning the lead course is not showing up for me. It showed up yesterday. Anyone else experienced this issue?
Thanks
Bernice
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Sarah Auer •
Reminder: Case Study call on September 13th —
Hi all,
This is a friendly reminder that we will be discussing the "Leading During an Emergency" case study on Tuesday, September 13th at 2 PM EDT. Lisa and Katrina will be co-facilitating this case study.
Please be sure to read the case study below ahead of the call and be ready to discuss.
[C...
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Megan Wigginton •
Leading During an Emergency —
Think about the behaviors you model for self-care and workplace mental health. What would you change? What would you keep? Respond to one other person with a probing question or constructive comment regarding what they would "keep" or already do well.
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Sarah Auer •
Please sign up for final presentations —
Good morning!
As we look towards the final months of the program, it is time to sign up for final project presentations. Final presentations will take place on November 4th, November 18th, December 2nd and December 13th.
Please utilize the following spreadsheet to sign up for a day and timeslot...
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Sarah Auer •
Reminders —
Hi all,
Thank you for a great project sharing call today! A few updates and reminders:
• Our next call is Monday, August 15th at 1 pm. We will be discussing the case study on change management. Please review the materials below prior to the meeting.
[Change Management Case Study_v3.docx]
• Per ...
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Elizabeth Russo •
Data Governance Interest Group —
I think Lauren , Amelia , and Natalie are interested in spending time talking about Data Governance. . . . Anyone else? And if yes, should I create a meeting invite to create some space to talk about low hanging fruit options to create clarity from the murk?
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Bernice Carr •
Age of consent for HCV testing without parental permission —
Hello,
Is anyone aware of the age of consent for Hepatitis C testing without parental permission, in their state? Is there a link where I can find out this information for all states?
Thank you.
Bernice
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Sarah Auer •
New Calendar Invites —
Good morning!
Per our discussion last call, I have resent new calendar invites with updated Zoom information and the details of each call within the invite. You should now have calls for the following dates on your calendars:
Friday, 8/5
Monday, 8/15
Tuesday, 9/13
Monday, 9/19
Friday, 10/7
Mond...
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Sarah Auer •
Webinar series —
Good morning,
CSTE is pleased to share a four-part webinar series in partnership with the Compassion Institute and funded by the CSTE Foundation. The webinar series begins in August and the first webinar will include topics for burnout and self and collective care. The first webinar is Wednesday...
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Sarah Auer •
Volunteer needed: Aug 15 Case Study —
Hi all,
Thank you for a great case study discussion today! Looking ahead, we still need another volunteer to co-facilitate the August 15th case study on Change Management with Kathryn Lowerre.
Please volunteer below and I will add you to the list.
Thank you!
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Chloe Manchester •
Epi Games? —
Hi All! I have somehow gotten myself involved in helping plan our Infectious Disease Surveillance Epi team's "Staff Day" - an off-site annual event that we have not had for 2 years. Its half "fun"/ team building but also needs to have some content-relevant activities (i.e. something epi/ infectio...
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Lena Swander •
Geospatial, Data Science, and Visualization Twitter Accounts to Follow —
April Moreno from the Chronic Disease GIS Network brought this blog post on Twitter accounts to follow for geospatial, data science, and visualization to my attention. Thought I'd cross-share with CSTE LEAD.
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Kristy Nguyen •
Conference Reimbursements due July 15th —
Hope everyone had a wonderful time at the conference last week!
For all traveling reimbursements for the CSTE Conference, please submit to travel@cste.org by July 15th. The reimbursement process can be found in the original travel letter sent to all conference participants. Jessica will be follo...
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Megan Wigginton •
Financial Planning —
Thinking about financial planning for your project, what needs to be considered for project success and sustainability?
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Jessica Arrazola •
Request for Peer Reviewers —
We have been in touch with the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice about a few epidemiology-related manuscripts. They have let us know that they have a shortage of epidemiologist reviewers. Would you or any of your colleagues be interested in serving as a reviewer?
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Elizabeth Russo •
WhatsApp Text Thread —
Put your digits here!
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Megan Wigginton •
CSTE Governance and Position Statements —
Describe how you think good governance can improve leadership and participation in projects/activities.
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Natalie Marzec •
Onboarding checklists —
Hi! I'm attaching the CDPHE onboarding checklist for anyone who's interested![Colorado_New Employee On-boarding Checklist.pdf]
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Leann Liu •
CSTE LEAD Program Cohort 1 Final Presentations —
Good morning,
I just saw an email about the Cohort 1 final presentations. Would the presentations be recorded and made available in case people are not able to make it?
Thank you!
Leann
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Megan Wigginton •
Strategic Communications —
Post 1-2 key messages for your project for review and feedback by your peers. Review and provide feedback for the key messages of 2 of your peers for their projects.
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Kristy Nguyen •
360 Evaluation Assessments Q&A —
This discussion is for all questions regarding the onboarding and assessment process.
The visual below summarizes the major steps for the assessments. For more detail on each step, please refer to the "360 Introduction" document in the 360 Assessments folder in "Docs & Files". [image.png]
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Laura Fox •
CSTE Conference Meet-up 👋 —
Hi everyone,
I'm setting up this space and thread to coordinate who is able to attend the CSTE conference in-person as well as figure out a time to meet as a group during the conference. Please comment in this thread if you plan to attend in-person and would like to meet up as a group!
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Megan Wigginton •
Stakeholder Engagement & Boundary Spanning Leadership —
Share any challenges or success stories you've had with stakeholder engagements in the past. Include your favorite tips, tools, and resources for working with stakeholders.
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Elizabeth Russo •
Team building exercises —
We're having our first in-person meeting for our team in a month, and I'd like to brainstorm some fun team-building type games that people who really only ever hear each other's voices might like to do together. I want it to be low key enough that I can pull it off without a lot of advanced prepa...
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Jessica Arrazola •
PDSA Resources —
There was a request for additional resources on PDSA (Plan, Do, Study, Act) methodology. Here are a few links to get started. Feel free to add to this list using the comment feature.
• Institute of Healthcare Improvement. Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Worksheet. http://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/Tool...
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Megan Wigginton •
Personal Leadership —
What aspects of appreciative inquiry framework naturally align with public health goals and activities? What are some ways you will apply Appreciative Inquiry framework to your work and/or project?
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Elizabeth Russo •
Immunization Epis in the House? —
Hey colleagues,
Dora and I were having a discussion about IIS matters and thought we'd reach out to others in the cohort. Any IIS epis interested in an informal meeting to compare notes?
Thanks!
Elizabeth (MA DPH)
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Lena Swander •
WI DHS Approval Process Review —
Hi Cohort Deux, this post relates to Natalie's concerns shared on today's Journal Club call.
I'm attaching the Wisconsin Department of Health Services' Approval Process communication policy. It details different review processes by document type and mode of communication. Also including the Ex...
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Amelia Salmanson •
Clearance Processes —
Hi all! I wanted to share Utah's guidance doc for clearance as a follow-up to our discussion today. I would note that this is from 2019; although this has certainly not been followed for COVID, we try to stick to this process for other conditions and are working toward getting back to our norms.[...
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Laura Newman •
Leading through tough transitions —
Hi all,
I was wondering if you have any strategies for leading a team through tough transitions. I manage the WA DOH COVID-19 Outbreak Response in Non-healthcare Congregate Settings Program and our staff are struggling with the rapid pace of COVID-19 policy change decisions that are made at the ...
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Jessica Arrazola •
CSTE Annual Conference 2022 —
Everyone should have received their sponsored travel emails this week with the link to register for the conference and book your hotel. Please use these links so you do not need to pay out of pocket for registration or hotel. Let me know if you did not receive your sponsorship email. Please share...
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Elizabeth Russo •
Meta-analysis on (in)effectiveness of NPI on mortality —
Hi there,
I was sent this to review, and it's dense, but I can't identify an obvious fault in its methodology. I do think meta-analyses tend to reduce effect size in any domain b/c it is so very hard to reproduce effects (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis). Would anyone care to eng...
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Megan Wigginton •
Project Management & Facilitation —
Share your favorite tips, tools, and resources for project management. Include any guidance why the materials work well in a specific situation or when to avoid using.
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Chloe Manchester •
Experience Launching a Tarkforce —
Hello fellow LEADers,
I am reaching out to seek advice on launching a Taskforce. This is part of my project, and is a critical component in accomplishing the other project objectives. I am leaning towards calling it a taskforce rather than a Work Group because my vision is that it may be short-te...
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Laura Fox •
Informal Intros/Networking virtual meet up —
Hey everyone--During our first meeting last week, there was a lot of interest in doing an informal introduction/networking opportunity to get to know each other better. Would anyone be interested in setting something up in the next 1-2 weeks?
I can suggest a couple dates/times:
• Wednesday, Jan...
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Megan Wigginton •
Leadership in Public Health —
Respond to this prompt using the comments below.
From your experience, what makes a great leader? A poor leader? And why?
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Jessica Arrazola •
Introductions —
Please respond to this prompt using the comment feature below.
Please introduce yourself. Share a little about your background (education, experience, skill sets), your role at the agency, and the focus of your project. What would you like to gain from LEAD's peer network? Feel free to respond ...
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Erica Smith •
Introduction —
Hi everyone! My name is Erica Smith and I'm currently the Deputy State Epi for Delaware. I started in this role in fall of 2019 and have been co-leading our COVID Epi response with our State Epi since the early days of 2020.
Recently I have begun transitioning out of day-to-day COVID activities...
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